Comments on: How Holbrooke Invited Iran Into Europe http://www.frumforum.com/how-holbrooke-invited-iran-into-europe Building a conservatism that can win again Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:55:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sinz54 http://www.frumforum.com/how-holbrooke-invited-iran-into-europe/comment-page-1#comment-52489 sinz54 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:45:52 +0000 #comment-52489 I had always thought it was a big mistake for the U.S. to get militarily involved in the Balkans. No vital interest of the U.S. was directly threatened. Instead, it threatened the vital interests of Europe. Yet once again, it was the U.S. Air Force answering the call, bombing Serbia for 78 days straight with stealth bombers.<br><br>The fact that once again, the U.S. had to bail Europe out when it couldn't deal with a problem right on its own doorstep, proves that Americans' contempt for Europe is not "arrogance," but well-deserved. A nation, or an alliance of nations, that cannot defend itself has violated its first responsibility to its citizens. I had always thought it was a big mistake for the U.S. to get militarily involved in the Balkans. No vital interest of the U.S. was directly threatened. Instead, it threatened the vital interests of Europe. Yet once again, it was the U.S. Air Force answering the call, bombing Serbia for 78 days straight with stealth bombers.

The fact that once again, the U.S. had to bail Europe out when it couldn’t deal with a problem right on its own doorstep, proves that Americans’ contempt for Europe is not “arrogance,” but well-deserved. A nation, or an alliance of nations, that cannot defend itself has violated its first responsibility to its citizens.

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